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Ron Elving

Wisconsin's 'Mad City' is a rational choice for Biden's appeal to youth

President Biden gestures after speaking about student loan debt relief at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisc., on Monday. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)

This week President Biden took his campaign to save his embattled presidency to Madison, Wisc., the capital of a state he is counting on winning in November.

The capital, sometimes known as "Mad City," is also home to the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin, the largest college in the state. Beyond the state government and education establishment, Madison has become a magnet for white collar occupations and a hard place for many recent UW graduates to leave.

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